Knowing that I was going to see the last show on their tour (as scheduled at the time I'd purchased tickets# I was excited as crap, imagining them pouring their hearts into each song, every person in the crowd feeling feverish excitement, and especially the band itself feeling connected. Some kind of "YAY. We're back! We still love making music and we're so glad you came" moment. I arrived two songs into the show - not their fault but a well-known issue with this venue, which is horrible in almost every possible way, from poor parking, clueless employees, lack of security, overpriced everything...yes I expected all that. I did not, however, expect Soundgarden to care so little for its customers right alongside the venue. Yes, they are loud - I like that. That's why we have earplugs. But incredibly poor audio quality? Inexcusable for a production this size. Couldn't decipher most, if any words that came from Chris' mouth. It is possible his voice was strained and it showed. I felt sad for him. Kim's guitar was a giant soup of weird effects and muddy tones, adding to the issue of picking out Chris' lyrics. The bassist #yes, I do know his name but can't bring myself to type it, being a bassist myself# was having some kind of giant ego issue. He looked absolutely disgusted to be there. Knocking crap off the stage, kicking a mixing desk over, throwing a bass at a tech with zero warning it appeared from my 2nd row seats before pushing over half a stack of amps and sulking off stage. No encore. No connection between the bandmembers. No feeling. I should have stayed in bed, as the song goes. I seriously want a refund. I read reviews from Europe and was so excited and never expected to leave that event feeling like they totally did this tour for the cash. I'm leaving the drummer out of it because Matt played his part and played it well. Thank God for the drummer. I don't know what I saw, but it was $600 worth of absolutely the most screwed up sound, energy, LACK OF EFFORT and wasted 5 hours of my life. I hope they get the message and never pull a stunt like that again. I am so sorry to say that it sucked. Maybe an off-night but what a misfortune for all of us. I would not go see them again if it were free.

One of the best concerts I ever been to. Soundgarden in a small venue like Webster Hall playing Superunknown from start to finish. I'm getting chills just thinking about the show as I write this review. It truly felt like a VIP show. The crowd was great and everyone who was there for this knew this was something special. I'm concidering getting tickets for NIN and Soundgarden at PNC Arts Center.

Superunknown 20th Anniverary Live

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Posted 06/07/2014

by NYRockNRoller

An Amazing night hearing Sundgarden play Superunknown in it's entirety for only the second time. Webster Hall Security was incredible and professional. Incredible to see such a legendary band play such a small intimate venue. I was third person back from the stage on Kim's side. This night will be in my memory for years to come. Legendary Night,Band And Album!!!

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Review 6 for Soundgarden

5/5

Unreal

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Posted 06/06/2014

by Anonymous

Best show I've been to in a long time. Intimate setting and rocking performance

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Review 7 for Soundgarden

1/5

Sounded Terrible

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Posted 06/05/2014

by gosh555

I was very disappointed with how Sound Garden sounded live.

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Review 8 for Soundgarden

5/5

Stellar Show

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- Fri, May 17, 2013 @

Posted 07/10/2013

by Anonymous

Cornell was on point. Shephard gave his bass to some guy in the front. Cameron was a metronome. Thail seems a bit off but rocked out just the same!!! Loved the show!

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Review 9 for Soundgarden

5/5

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- Fri, May 17, 2013 @

Favorite moment: burden in my hand @

Posted 06/06/2013

by Dankmasta

They sounded great (after chris warmed up of course). they played some new ones and old ones, including a few rare treats. overall kick ass show

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Review 10 for Soundgarden

4/5

Great show

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Opening act(s): None @

Posted 05/30/2013

by Tiger316

This was the second show I saw on this tour and the Pittsburgh show was better than DC from a pure musical/sound issue. They are always great live and this was no different. The set list was varied and touched on every "era" of the band. My only personal preference that is holding me back from 5 stars is I love when they end show with Slaves and Bulldozers and they did not play at this this show!

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Review 11 for Soundgarden

5/5

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- Tue, May 21, 2013 @

Posted 05/28/2013

by Anonymous

They still have it! Great show, great mix of songs. Highly Recommended.

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Review 12 for Soundgarden

3/5

Soundgarden was average, at best.

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- Fri, May 24, 2013 @

Opening act(s): n/a @

Posted 05/28/2013

by homeydontplaythat

Location:texas

Chris couldn't sing the vocals anything like the cd. Appears he needs some vocal training from a professional on how to keep his voice in shape. totally empty sounding on some songs and just seemed like they were going through the motions. At least a half hour late to hit the stage even without an opening act. Pretty sad for a show that was supposed to start at such an "early" time as 9:00 pm. Next time I'll just buy the cd and call it quits.

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Review 13 for Soundgarden

3/5

Soundgarden-Mostly good

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- 05/26/2013 @

Opening act(s): none @

Posted 05/27/2013

by dkdownard

Location:Denton , TX

I hope this review is comes across correctly. I mostly enjoyed the show because of the expectation. The band was tight. Cameron great on drums (but a little too loud). Kim really good on guitar, I think. Bass guitar too loud and drowned out much of the vocals and lead guitar (wrong or right my opinion is that a bass guitar should be a support instrument, not a front line instrument as it was last night), . Cornell sounded really good, I think. There were many songs that I knew that took too long to recognize because you couldn't quite make out the vocals or lead guitar. I have been to the Palladium 3 times now, and the other two, STP and Volbeat, sounded great. I will never blame sound quality on a venue, that's why bands have huge mixing boards. Don't get this wrong, it wasn't the worst sound, just not what I would expect out of a band this experienced.

Now, the set list, I don't know a lot of the deep tracks and have only heard the new recording about 3-4 times, but what I do know is that there was a lot of stuff I didn't recognize. Not a problem, it was the first third of the show, and I even told my wife that I keep expecting a 3-4 or more song run of tunes we all heard (and also, the pack of heavily intoxicated guys in front of us were really enjoying themselves), so still expectations were high. Only to fall flat. In fact, they left off the set list "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman", which is almost unforgiveable considering what they did play. I understand bands get a little tired of the same old songs, but if you jack with the set list, switch out the stuff that is more obscure, not two of your biggest hits.

They did one "encore" and played an 8 minute version of something, and at the end kept everyone in anticipation for more with Thayil and Sheppard doing this whole guitar/bass distortion thing for two minutes leading us to believe that Cameron and Cornell were just settling themselves for the final two songs referenced above. Guitar and bass fade out. Lights come up. Scratch my head. Say, "Huh."

Opening act(s): None, doors opened at 8, Soundgarden hit the stage at 9:30, show ended at 11:45 @

Posted 05/26/2013

by DB821

Location:Astrodome Area Houston

The show was excellent, more like a 4 ½ star show, Although there was some problems with the sound (a constant hum from the PA) Soundgarden opened up strong and just got better and better as the night went on, playing most of the big hits, a lot of non-hits, and the stuff off of the new album sounded great.

Opening act(s): None, doors opened at 8, Soundgarden hit the stage at 9:30, show ended at 11:45 @

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Review 15 for Soundgarden

5/5

GRUNGE RULEZ!!

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- Fri, May 24, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When the band came back for the encore and played more badass songs.. @

Setlist: ALL my JAMZ:) From OLD TO NEW:) @

Opening act(s): None, just the fans chanting:) lol @

Posted 05/26/2013

by Summrrgrrl

Location:Houston, Texas

Seeing Soundgarden Friday nite at Bayou Music Center was BADASS!! I've never been to the venue and it was a perfect place to have it at. My husband and I were in the General Admission section so we worked our way to a good enuff spot to see the band up close and personal..Chris Cornell sang his butt off and put on a good show..I grew up during the grunge era in the late 80's early 90's in California and have been a fan of the music ever since..Im so happy that Houston has a home for the music I grew up listening to..Listening to Soundgarden Friday nite put me in a trance totally and I was so happy to have gotten tickets to this show..The lighting was good and the background effects were awesome..Loved it all!!

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Review 16 for Soundgarden

5/5

Soundgarden was well worth the wait.

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Favorite moment: Performances of "The Day I Tried To Live", "Like Suicide", "Rowing". Hard to pick a few. They were all great. @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 05/26/2013

by JRoc74

What a show. Incredible, long set included Songs from every album but "Ultramega OK". They sounded great, like they just picked right up where they left off years ago when they disbanded. Very enjoyable show.

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Review 17 for Soundgarden

4/5

Soundgarden Rocked out!

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Favorite moment: Rusty Cage @

Setlist: I wish they posted a set list like Pearl Jam does. @

Opening act(s): N/A @

Posted 05/26/2013

by dLough

Great show. They played old and new stuff. Rusty Cage was off the chain. Matt Cameron pounded those drums. Top that off with Kim and Chris on the guitar and Chris's vocals, it was really great show. Only negative was the bass player seemed like he was mad. He threw his bass down in the middle of a song and kicked a bottle of water. (not in a rock star way) He was a bit of a downer.

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Review 18 for Soundgarden

5/5

great show

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- Fri, May 17, 2013 @

Opening act(s): NONE @

Posted 05/24/2013

by RUOTOLS

The was great. saw them last time in 1992 in nyc at msg.

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Review 19 for Soundgarden

5/5

I love Soundgarden!

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- St Louis @

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- Tue, May 21, 2013 @

Posted 05/23/2013

by Anonymous

Great show. Excellent set list. Soundgarden rocks!

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Review 20 for Soundgarden

5/5

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Posted 05/23/2013

by Anonymous

Go see them. The reunion may not last forever, since Matt's still in Pearl Jam. They are amazing live.